host: republican congressman jason smith with us until the top of the hour this morning. you can join the conversation by calling the phone lines, (202)-748-8001 for republicans. democrats, (202)-748-8000. independents, (202)-748-8002. we mentioned your work as the top republican on the budget committee. why do we have budget reconciliation? guest: budget reconciliation has been around for several decades, and it is a tool within the budget process that is used to address revenues, spending, and debt. after you pass a budget resolution. but the reconciliation instructions do not come about until you pass a budget resolution. it is interesting because the majority party, the house democrats, did not even file a budget resolution and the entire last congress. it has been over 700 days, even though by statute, you are supposed to pass it right april 15 of every year. in fact, the president is supposed to provide a budget to congress by february 1. yes, we still have not received a budget from the president for fiscal year 2022. what was passed on the floor yesterday evening

then with missouri republican congressman jason smith. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. be sure to join discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> this into c-span's podcasts the weekly, this week the paris agreement. three point five years after former president trump withdrew, president biden's executive order for the u.s. to reenter the global treaty. wall street journal bureau chief dan michaels explains the paris agreement and how it is viewed worldwide, and what's next for the united states. >> the first challenge would seem to be when he meets his counterparts to discuss the paris accord is rebuilding u.s. credibility. no one will doubt he carries credibility on this. no one will doubt president biden's sincerity. but viewed as a whole, probably others will be looking to see if the u.s. is really going to take measures that will address climate change and

congressman james is eating that charge and joins us along with bobby and congressman jason smith plusert, ronald joe concha on this and today's other top stories. then, did you hear the news from china? chinese dictators xi jinping declares time is complete three over extreme poverty after earlier declaring victory on the war against covid. digging into those claims was will show you how the dems covid relief bill is a giant bribe to pay off special interests including a provision that would payfe federal employees and only federal employees to stay home with their kids while on paid leave. it's so bad top republican kevin mccarthy : the package the pelosi payoff. plus why critics are slamming the biden administration for double speaking hypocrisy him or immigration policy and will hear harrowing stories of the man whose life was murdered by an illegal immigrant, the latest in our exclusive series, your voice will be give voice to the voiceless. i'm david asman in for elizabeth mcdonald. the evening edit starts right now. ♪♪ david: and we begin tonight with the state of play for covid

the congressman leading that charge joins us along with bobby jindal and congressman jason smith, plusert corinth and concha on this and the day's other top stories. then, did you hear the news from china? chinese dictator xi jinping declares china's, quote, complete victory over extreme poverty after earlier declaring victory in the war against covid-19. we're going to be digging into those claims. plus, we'll show you how the dems' covid relief bill is actually a giant bribe to pay off special interests. including a provision that would pay federal employees and only federal employees to stay home with their kids while they're on paid leave. it's so bad top republican kevin mccarthy is calling the package, quote, the pelosi payoff. plus, why critics are slamming the biden administration for double speak and hypocrisy over immigration policy, and we'll hear the harrowing story of the man whose wife was murdered by an illegal immigrant. the latest in our exclusive series, your voice, where we give voice to the voiceless. i'm david asman in for elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" st

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and spending, we are glad to welcome the inking member of the house budget committee, congressman jason smith. on another $1.9 trillion in covid relief spending, do we have as a country the budget for that level of spending? guest: let's just think about it this way, if you count the $1.9 trillion that is included in the budget solution, along with the over $4 trillion

this bill are addressing the crisis we're facing however republicans like missouri congressman jason smith see another large relief package led to a heavier burden for americans, i'm not trying to kill your legislation smith says the president needs to share how much stimulus from prior relief bills is left over before we use hard working american taxpayer dollars. >>spend another 1.9 trillion in stimulus funding in the meantime the administration is tackling the crisis one step at a time when the pandemic is heading in the right direction there is still much work to do. now president biden says he wants input from both the house. >>and the senate to make the plan better. reporting live in washington, i'm basil john bass also what's the status of the talks about the $1400 stimulus checks that the president wants to give out. yes, well in regards to the stimulus checks. the president has been outspoken he's due to the he does want to keep it as it is currently in his covid relief plan which would be $1400 stimulus checks going to anyone to make $75,000 or last obviously you do have some law

this is about crushing the virus but republicans like missouri representative jason smith say the packageludes unnecessary liberal ideas house democrats urge or are driving full speed ahead toward radical policies that will kill jobs. hurt the working class maryland congressman steny hoyer still hoping for republican support. we call it reconciliation. there's nothing in reconciliation that precludes republicans voting for. >>whether to increase the minimum wage remains a major sticking point but in the early morning hours of the senate voting iowa. senator joni ernst helped pass an amendment to prevent it from happening during the pandemic. >>a $15 federal minimum wage would be devastating for hardest hit small businesses at a time when they can least afford it. >>next week will be a busy week here in washington, the house will deal with the president's covid-19 plan and the senate will deal with the impeachment trial of former president donald trump in washington are shot hudson back to you thank in other national news that debate around a $15 minimum wage and it continues as the senate

this is about crushing the virus but republicans like missouri representative jason smith say the package includes unnecessary liberal ideas house democrats urge or are driving full speed ahead toward radical policies. >>that will kill jobs. hurt the working class maryland congressman steny hoyer still hoping for republican support. we call it reconciliation. there's nothing in reconciliation that precludes republicans voting for. >>whether to increase the minimum wage remains a major sticking point but in the early morning hours of the senate voting iowa. senator joni ernst helped pass an amendment to prevent it from happening during the pandemic. >>a $15 federal minimum wage would be devastating for hardest hit small businesses at a time when they can least afford it. >>and it's going to be a busy week here in washington next week, the house will take up president biden's covid plan and the senate will begin former president trump's impeachment trial in washington are shot hudson back to you. yeah were shot they don't really like that $15 minimum wage. so is it going to stay in the bill

i wanted to add something about this whole question of state aid and the point that jason smith tried to make. jason is actually trying -- he's very selective in the data that he uses. he's taking the c.a.r.e.s. act when all of the money allocated for nonfederal sources went to the state and none of it went directly to city and county government. he's comparing that to what the state governments would get through this bill. in many cases, it is less. but meanwhile, every county in those states is getting money and it's being allocated strictly on the basis of population which he wants and every city and town is getting money through this bill. so if you add the total going to missouri or kentucky or new york or wherever it may be, you're going to find that the states, whether they're red or blue, are really satisfied with the amount of money that's coming in their -- >> and if i get you right, chairman, you're saying that the money will be distributed to counties and cities, like in my district, some are red and some are blue. but totally according to population, is that right? >> the

this bill are addressing the crisis we're facing however republicans like missouri congressman jason smith see another large relief package led to a heavier burden for americans, i'm not trying to kill your legislation smith says the president needs to share how much stimulus from prior relief bills is left over before we use hard working american taxpayer dollars. >>spend another 1.9 trillion in stimulus funding in the meantime the administration is tackling the crisis one step at a time when the pandemic is heading in the right direction there is still much work to do. >>now the president says he wants input from the house and senate nor make the plan even better, reporting live in washington, i'm basil job faisal so what is the latest with the paycheck protection program. well right now the president is still developing with in that covid relief more ideas and a way to help the paycheck protection program continue forward, but because nothing has come out of congress in relation to that plan for the next 2 the only businesses that will be able to apply for the paycheck protection progra

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. >> jason smith the leading republican on the house budget committee said in a statement to fox news, democrats are rushing to pass a 2 trillion-dollar bill that would enact bailouts for state governments have locked other citizens and radical policies that will destroy jobs and raise the cost of living for working-class americans. but democrats including those at the white house that work for the biden administration say there was a lot of money for nutrition assistance money for housing need to help with rent and money going in to reopening schools. as far as when the covid relief bill will pass it looks likely sometime in march as you mentioned could hit the house for later this week it has to pass a hurdle in house committee, that is expected to happen tomorrow. mike: we will follow, david spunt live on the north lawn. temperatures rising in texas offering a glimmer of hope as millions of people still without access to clean running water. casey stegall has a closer look at the situation in dallas. >> good to see you the lack of safe drinking water for some 14 million texans roug

>>are addressing the crisis we're facing however republicans like missouri congressman jason smith see another large relief package led to a heavier burden for americans, i'm not trying to kill your legislation smith says the president needs to share how much stimulus from prior relief bills is left over before we use hard working american taxpayer dollars. >>spend another 1.9 trillion in stimulus funding in the meantime the administration is tackling the crisis one step at a time when the pandemic is heading in the right direction there is still much work to do. now president biden says he wants input from both the house and senate in order to make the plan better. reporting live in washington, i'm basil john. >>faisal what is the latest with the paycheck protection program. >>yes, well with the paycheck protection program. there's a very big part of it that is in. biden's covid relief plan for the time being he has stated that for the next 2 weeks only those businesses to have 20 or less employees can work through the program if you have any more than that you will not be able to uti

elizabeth: we have ranking republican jason smith on house budget, he was at aways and means hearing.llion covid relief bill is going towards america getting vaccinated and protecting america with ppe. less than nine%. what do you say? >> not surprising that the administration is using this vehicle to push a policy agenda that has nothing to do with covid, namely, vast expansion of obamacare, reversing some of the reforms that the trump administration had put in, also now subsidizing millions more americans. getting inflated health care and you know delivery of health care in america. anybody who is telling the truth knows that the system is broken and it isn't being fixed by subsidizing it some more. it is unfortunate they're using for that, as opposed to relief americans are truly suffering need. not surprising, i'm sure you will see some other goodies tucked in there have nothing to do with relief from covid problems in this country. so less than a month into the administration we're already excusing about genocide and lying about covid vaccines and slow walking the solution of the

this is about crushing the virus but republicans like missouri representative jason smith say the package includes unnecessary liberal ideas house democrats urge or are driving full speed ahead toward radical policies. >>that will kill jobs. hurt the working class maryland congressman steny hoyer still hoping for republican support. we call it reconciliation. there's nothing in reconciliation that precludes republicans voting for. >>whether to increase the minimum wage remains a major sticking point but in the early morning hours of the senate voting iowa. senator joni ernst helped pass an amendment to prevent it from happening during the pandemic. >>a $15 federal minimum wage would be devastating for hardest hit small businesses at a time when they can least afford it. >>next week while the house is busy working on president biden's covid plan. the senate will be occupied with former president trump's second impeachment trial in washington are shot hudson back to you. >>why is there a rush by democrats to get the bill passed is there like a timeline they're trying to meet other than tryi

elizabeth: we have ranking republican jason smith that a ways and means hearing he's pointing out lessillion covid relief bill is going toward getting america vaccinated and protecting america with ppe, what do you think about that, less than 9%. >> is not surprising that the administration is using a vehicle to push a policy agenda that has nothing to do with covid mainly a vast expansion of obamacare reversing the reforms that the trump administration put in and subsidizing million more of american getting inflated healthcare and under delivery of healthcare in america, anybody who's telling the truth knows the system is broken and is not being fixed by subsidizing, it's unfortunate that they're using that as opposed to the relief that americans are truly suffering need but is not surprising. i'm sure you will see other goodies tucked in there that have nothing to do with relief fromm covid and problems that were having in t this country ls than a month into this administration were off on excusing genocide in line about covid vaccines and slow walking the resolution of this problem

. >> reporter: congressman jason smith on the house budget committee said in a statement to fox news in part, democrats are rushing to pass a nearly $2 trillion spending bill that will enact bailouts for state governments that locked down citizens and radical policies that will destroy gobbles and raise the cost -- destroy jobs and raise the cost of living. smith and republican colleagues are crying foul at several earmarks in the bill, approximately $100 million for the bay area rapid transit system, public rail system in california, approximately $1 billion for other similar transportation projects, around $200 million for museums and libraries and $270 million combined in arts and humanities endowments, this is not mentioning the $15 proposed minimum wage. president biden said he is in favor of hiking up the minimum wage, it may not be the right time right now. the white house saying they want to get $1,400 payments to americans in need as soon as a possible. the reason it's $1,400, not 2,000, we heard a lot of talk about 2,000 a couple months ago because when president trump was

i believe ranking member jason smith actually alluded to this earlier today. why are we already departing from such a recently implemented formula? i would yield to you. >> chairwoman maloney, are you there? >> what did you say? >> would you repeat the question, please. am i muted. can you hear me? >> no, i'm trying to see you. so this is the question, and, again, ranking member smith alluded to this. under the legislation two new funds have been created. specifically there's a fiscal recovery fund, a state fiscal recovery fund. there's also a new coronavirus local fiscal recovery fund. neither of these funds follow current distribution methods that were established under the cares act. why are we departing from distribution methods that were just passed recently, specifically last year with the act? i'm just curious. >> well, we were listening to economists that changed the formula to make it more targeted to rural and urban areas to guarantee the relief that they so desperately need. economists believe that unemployment as opposed to other measures like popu

and then with congressman jason smith. watch live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. >> coming up live on thursday, the house returns at 10:00 a.m. eastern for general speeches. and at noon to consider a resolution to remove georgia representative marjorie taylor greene from her committee assignments. a final vote is expected around 4:30 p.m. that's on c-span. on c-span2 at 8:00 a.m., this year's national prayer breakfast. the virtual event will include remarks by members of congress as well as president biden and former presidents george w. bush, bill clinton, and barack obama. the senate returns at 10:00 a.m. eastern to continue debate on the budget resolution that includes instructions to senate committees as they draft their portions of a bill based on president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief proposal. votes on amendments are expected to begin in the afternoon. on c-span3 at 10:00 a.m., boston mayor marty walsh tes

: at a budget hearing committee before the passage of the bill, budget committee ranking member jason smithriticized democrats about what he called a lack of transparency about the bill. here is what he had to say. [video clip] >> the president and colleagues want to push this bill through congress before the people have time to realize what is in it. that less than 9% of the bailout actually goes toward crushing covid-19 and putting shots in people's arms. this bailout would destroy job after job and increase the cost to put food on the table, close on your back or heat in your home, hurting over 41 million senior citizens on fixed incomes. $1 trillion in funding remains unspent from the five prior packages. the economy has estimated the return to pre-pandemic levels of real gdp this year without any further stimulus spending. the highest gdp in 15 years was predicted. when all is said and done, if this bailout becomes law, cbo has confirmed it will cost $36 billion in cuts annually to medicare, $36 billion in cuts to medicare starting next year. the maximum level allowed. mr. chairman, th

jason smith is recognized. and as you prepare, i will recognize mr. byer of virginia. mr. buyer has reserved a point of order. we will wait in passing out mr. smith's amendment. german from missouri, mr. smith is recognized. rep. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i hear my friends concerns over child poverty. back home, 24% of children live below the poverty line. that is why the child tax credit is such an important, profamily provision in our tax code. and why i was such a strong supporter of doubling the credit when this committee passed the republican tax cut. unfortunately, my friends on the other of the aisle opposed our effort to support american working class families. i welcome the conversations about making the child tax credit even more family-friendly. i am here and ready to work, mr. chairman, but why stop at a one year plus up? if we want to deliver real aid to parents, let's give them certainty. i believe we should make the $2000 child tax credit a permanent feature of the tax code to give families certainty for years to come. without action, the current child

the student told jason smith he was wearing the hat because he didn't like his haircut. olitics at the golden globes, reportedly telling the rappaport to the rescue prod cast, she's not going to dive into political humor but more of a hangout. they will cohost the globes in new york. at first blush, maybe keep politics out of your entertainment, your sports. not a year ago, not three years ago, now. >> interesting timing. some interesting weather for us. tell us what you've got. >> pretty good overall, no major problems going on this weekend. we have some rain, not much snow. one storm is a stationary front stall for most of the weekend. some rain moving through, you see that snow across interior sections and higher elevation and a bit of rain. on the southern side, 3 or 4 inches of rain. i called it kenec, the weather version -- did i create something? pete: that would be fun. >> can't let you go without telling you how much i miss you. >> good to see you. pete: we all miss you. under fire for removing -- we have a dissenting voice was a documentary on clarence thomas fr

we have alexandra wilkes, jason walker and gary smith. alexandra, let's start with you. it's a heck of a trade-off. how do you see it? >> i think this is a slap in the face to small businesses imposing the minimum wage hike. the nonpartisan congressional office said this would result in the loss of 1.3 million jobs. in a post pandemic era, businesses are suffering more than ever and we can see it when we see the increasing automations and the services that we use. businesses are trending in this direction and the $15 minimum wage hike will push them over the edge. >> yeah, jason, that was the 2019 version. 1.3 million was the on the low end. the high end lad 3.7 million. i haven't had a chance to go through the entire cbo. there's some trade-offs. they didn't even talk much about the small businesses in places where it's obvious they counts afford it. so is this a time to change the rules of reconciliation and force this down the throats of small businesses? >> i think we're looking at this the wrong way. if the minimum wage had grown more, it would be $19.33. raising th

smith is going to more than one day a week. kennedy: jason europe select the present kat with thing about it, this nothing the federal government can do to alleviate this crisis, in the wake of the pandemic that we should not have a department of education. snap that his rights. if i didn't really truly wanted to do its very best for the kids and the parents, then he should be in favor of school choice and give those parents a choice on how they're going to be engaged. allow them to have the resources to move schools that they want to move. but most schools around my neck of the woods they figure this out for us but this is what happens when the administration says, this is our number one goal and were going to go figure it out. it's just not working. they're going to fail on their number one issue if that supposedly their number one issue. kennedy: if that is her number when issuing hate to see the other issues. support number 15's gotta be a disaster pray. [laughter] meantime the biden demonstration reportedly in a panic as experts were the

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president biden's covid release been with congresswoman barbara lee and republican congresswoman, jason smithh c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern thursday morning. and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. ♪ announcer: our live coverage of confirmation hearings continue for president biden's nominees. thursday, at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3, the secretary of labor nominee, marty walsh. watch the confirmation hearings live on c-span3, stream on c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ announcer: you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies, who provide c-span to viewers as a public service. ♪ announcer: the house rules committee voted to remove representative, marjorie taylor greene, from her house committee assignments. the door to representative it is facing criticism for controversial statements, including suggesting violence against members of congress,